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The process of sending any matter, for inquiry in a cause, to a master or other officer, in order that he may ascertain facts and report to the court. 6. Appeal. "Make your full reference." Shak. Reference Bible, a Bible in which brief

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The process of sending any matter, for inquiry in a cause, to a master or other officer, in order that he may ascertain facts and report to the court. 6. Appeal. "Make your full reference." Shak. Reference Bible, a Bible in which brief explanations, and references to parallel passages, are printed in the margin of the text. (more info) 1. The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for quidance. 2. That which refers to something; a specific direction of the attention; as, a reference in a text-book. 3. Relation; regard; respect. Something that hath a reference to my state. Shak. 4. One who, or that which, is referred to. Specifically; One of whom inquires can be made as to the integrity, capacity, and the like, of another. A work, or a passage in a work, to which one is referred. The act of submitting a matter in dispute to the judgment of one or more persons for decision.

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  • DISREGARDFULLY
    Negligently; heedlessly.
  • RATIOCINATE
    To reason, esp. deductively; to offer reason or argument.
  • MISJUDGE
    To judge erroneously or unjustly; to err in judgment; to misconstrue.
  • RATIONALIZATION
    The act or process of rationalizing.
  • RELATIONSHIP
    The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance. Mason.
  • ALLUSION
    1. A figurative or symbolical reference. 2. A reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication; indirect reference; a hint.
  • HONORABLE
    1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an
  • ELATION
    A lifting up by success; exaltation; inriation with pride of prosperity. "Felt the elation of triumph." Sir W. Scott.
  • ASSOCIATION
    1. The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things. "Some . . . bond of association." Hooker. Self-denial is a kind of holy association with God. Boyle. 2. Mental connection, or that which is
  • PROPORTIONATE
    Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional. Longfellow. What is proportionate to his transgression. Locke.
  • RECOURSEFUL
    Having recurring flow and ebb; moving alternately. Drayton.
  • RATIONALISTIC; RATIONALISTICAL
    Belonging to, or in accordance with, the principles of rationalism. -- Ra`tion*al*is"tic*al*ly, adv.
  • FITNESS
    The state or quality of being fit; as, the fitness of measures or laws; a person's fitness for office.
  • RATIOCINATION
    The process of reasoning, or deducing conclusions from premises; deductive reasoning.
  • ASSOCIATIONIST
    One who explains the higher functions and relations of the soul by the association of ideas; e. g., Hartley, J. C. Mill.
  • HOMOGENEITY
    See HOMOGENEOUSNESS
  • REFUGE
    1. Shelter or protection from danger or distress. Rocks, dens, and caves! But I in none of these Find place or refuge. Milton. We might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us. Heb. vi. 18. 2.
  • NARRATION
    That part of a discourse which recites the time, manner, or consequences of an action, or simply states the facts connected with the subject. Syn. -- Account; recital; rehearsal; relation; description; explanation; detail; narrative; story; tale;
  • DISLIKE
    1. To regard with dislike or aversion; to disapprove; to disrelish. Every nation dislikes an impost. Johnson. 2. To awaken dislike in; to displease. "Disliking countenance." Marston. "It dislikes me." Shak.
  • HONORABLENESS
    1. The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction. 2. Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness.
  • MIGRATION
    The act of migrating.
  • DISPROPORTIONALLY
    In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.
  • WATER-BEARER
    The constellation Aquarius.
  • IMPROPORTIONATE
    Not proportionate.
  • COMMISERATION
    The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion. And pluck commiseration of his state From brassy bosoms and rough hearts of flint. Shak. Syn. -- See Sympathy.
  • DEDECORATION
    Disgrace; dishonor. Bailey.
  • INCARCERATION
    1. The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment. Glanvill. Formerly, strangulation, as in hernia. A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.
  • DISPROPORTIONABLE
    Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n. Hammond. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*bly, adv.
  • DISPROPORTIONALITY
    The state of being disproportional. Dr. H. More.
  • DISRESPECTABILITY
    Want of respectability. Thackeray.
  • EXULCERATION
    1. Ulceration. Quincy. 2. A fretting; a festering; soreness. Hooker.
  • SHIELD-BEARER
    Any small moth of the genus Aspidisca, whose larva makes a shieldlike covering for itself out of bits of leaves. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, carries a shield.
  • IMPREPARATION
    Want of preparation. Hooker.

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